
FC Cincinnati vs D.C. United, 2022 Major League Soccer, Regular Season
· MLSOla Kamara on target as DC United tops FC Cincinnati in stoppage-time
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Ola Kamara scored on a penalty kick in the eighth minute of second-half stoppage time to give D.C. United a 1-0 win over FC Cincinnati on Saturday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Drew Skundrich (D.C. United ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 1': Foul by Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati).
- 2': Dominique Badji (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 2': Foul by Steven Birnbaum (D.C. United ).
- 3': Foul by Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati).
- 3': Griffin Yow (D.C. United ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Attempt saved. Brad Smith (D.C. United ) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Michael Estrada.
- 5': Attempt blocked. Griffin Yow (D.C. United ) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 5': Corner, D.C. United. Conceded by Tyler Blackett.
- 7': Foul by Alvas Powell (FC Cincinnati).
- 7': Moses Nyeman (D.C. United ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Attempt blocked. Andy Najar (D.C. United ) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Griffin Yow.
- 8': Foul by Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati).
- 8': Moses Nyeman (D.C. United ) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 9': Attempt blocked. Julian Gressel (D.C. United ) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 11': Attempt saved. Dominique Badji (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yuya Kubo.
- 13': Alvas Powell (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 13': Foul by Michael Estrada (D.C. United ).
- 13': Brendan Daniel Hines-Ike (D.C. United ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Foul by Dominique Badji (FC Cincinnati).
- 14': Foul by Griffin Yow (D.C. United ).
- 14': Nick Hagglund (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Attempt saved. Brandon Vázquez (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 16': Attempt saved. Dominique Badji (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Júnior Moreno.
- 17': Hand ball by Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati).
- 18': Attempt missed. Edison Flores (D.C. United ) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Brad Smith with a through ball.
- 22': Offside, FC Cincinnati. Luciano Acosta tries a through ball, but Brandon Vázquez is caught offside.
- 25': Foul by Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati).
- 25': Griffin Yow (D.C. United ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Dominique Badji (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Foul by Steven Birnbaum (D.C. United ).
- 29': Attempt saved. Dominique Badji (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luciano Acosta.
- 32': Edison Flores (D.C. United ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Foul by Júnior Moreno (FC Cincinnati).
- 33': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Andy Najar.
- 34': Foul by Edison Flores (D.C. United ).
- 34': Geoff Cameron (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Hand ball by Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati).
- 40': Foul by Drew Skundrich (D.C. United ).
- 40': Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 41': Hand ball by Griffin Yow (D.C. United ).
- 42': Foul by Brandon Vázquez (FC Cincinnati).
- 42': Steven Birnbaum (D.C. United ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Attempt missed. Dominique Badji (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Raymon Gaddis following a fast break.
- 45'+1': Attempt missed. Brandon Vázquez (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a fast break.
- 45'+2': Attempt missed. Dominique Badji (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Nick Hagglund.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, FC Cincinnati 0, D.C. United 0.
- 45': Second Half begins FC Cincinnati 0, D.C. United 0.
- 45': Substitution, D.C. United. Adrien Perez replaces Julian Gressel.
- 49': Alvas Powell (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Foul by Brad Smith (D.C. United ).
- 54': Attempt blocked. Brandon Vázquez (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luciano Acosta.
- 54': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Brendan Daniel Hines-Ike.
- 55': Andy Najar (D.C. United ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 55': Foul by Nick Hagglund (FC Cincinnati).
- 55': Offside, D.C. United. Brad Smith tries a through ball, but Michael Estrada is caught offside.
- 56': Offside, FC Cincinnati. Tyler Blackett tries a through ball, but Dominique Badji is caught offside.
- 56': Offside, FC Cincinnati. Yuya Kubo tries a through ball, but Dominique Badji is caught offside.
- 57': Attempt saved. Brandon Vázquez (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 57': Corner, D.C. United. Conceded by Tyler Blackett.
- 58': Corner, D.C. United. Conceded by Brandon Vázquez.
- 59': Attempt blocked. Moses Nyeman (D.C. United ) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Drew Skundrich.
- 60': Substitution, D.C. United. Sofiane Djeffal replaces Drew Skundrich.
- 60': Substitution, D.C. United. Ola Kamara replaces Michael Estrada.
- 61': Attempt blocked. Ola Kamara (D.C. United ) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Brendan Daniel Hines-Ike.
- 61': Corner, D.C. United. Conceded by Geoff Cameron.
- 62': Offside, D.C. United. Andy Najar tries a through ball, but Brad Smith is caught offside.
- 62': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Brenner replaces Dominique Badji.
- 64': Foul by Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati).
- 64': Moses Nyeman (D.C. United ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Attempt blocked. Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luciano Acosta.
- 65': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Brendan Daniel Hines-Ike.
- 65': Attempt missed. Nick Hagglund (FC Cincinnati) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Luciano Acosta with a cross following a corner.
- 66': Andy Najar (D.C. United ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': Foul by Brandon Vázquez (FC Cincinnati).
- 66': Attempt missed. Ola Kamara (D.C. United ) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Griffin Yow with a cross.
- 67': Foul by Griffin Yow (D.C. United ).
- 67': Raymon Gaddis (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Foul by Brenner (FC Cincinnati).
- 71': Moses Nyeman (D.C. United ) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 71': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Andy Najar.
- 72': Attempt missed. Tyler Blackett (FC Cincinnati) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Luciano Acosta with a cross following a corner.
- 73': Attempt saved. Ola Kamara (D.C. United ) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Brad Smith.
- 74': Substitution, D.C. United. Chris Odoi-Atsem replaces Griffin Yow.
- 75': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Ian Murphy replaces Nick Hagglund.
- 75': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Harrison Robledo replaces Alvas Powell.
- 77': Attempt blocked. Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Raymon Gaddis.
- 78': Foul by Moses Nyeman (D.C. United ).
- 78': Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 79': VAR Decision: Card upgraded Moses Nyeman (D.C. United ).
- 80': Moses Nyeman (D.C. United ) is shown the red card.
- 81': Substitution, D.C. United. Donovan Pines replaces Andy Najar.
- 83': Hand ball by Ola Kamara (D.C. United ).
- 86': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Chris Odoi-Atsem.
- 87': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Álvaro Barreal replaces Raymon Gaddis.
- 87': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Chris Odoi-Atsem.
- 88': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Sofiane Djeffal.
- 90': Foul by Chris Odoi-Atsem (D.C. United ).
- 90': Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+1': Brenner (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+1': Foul by Brad Smith (D.C. United ).
- 90'+1': Brad Smith (D.C. United ) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 90'+3': Attempt missed. Brenner (FC Cincinnati) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Harrison Robledo with a cross.
- 90'+3': Foul by Tyler Blackett (FC Cincinnati).
- 90'+3': Sofiane Djeffal (D.C. United ) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+3': Tyler Blackett (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+5': Penalty conceded by Geoff Cameron (FC Cincinnati) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
- 90'+7': VAR Decision: Penalty D.C. United.
- 90'+8': Goal! FC Cincinnati 0, D.C. United 1. Ola Kamara (D.C. United ) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
- 90'+10': Attempt saved. Geoff Cameron (FC Cincinnati) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ian Murphy.
- 90'+11': Second Half ends, FC Cincinnati 0, D.C. United 1.
- 0': Match ends, FC Cincinnati 0, D.C. United 1.
Statistics
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CIN![]() |
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13 | Fouls | 16 |
1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
1 | Red Cards | 0 |
2 | Offsides | 3 |
4 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
6 | Saves | 2 |
49.3 | Possession | 50.7 |
10 | SHOTS | 16 |
4 | ON GOAL | 6 |
0.4 | On Target % | 0.4 |
1 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
275 | Accurate Passes | 269 |
366 | Passes | 358 |
0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
1 | Accurate Crosses | 6 |
12 | Crosses | 29 |
0.1 | Cross % | 0.2 |
68 | Long Balls | 63 |
32 | Accurate Long Balls | 30 |
0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
4 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
10 | Effective Tackles | 13 |
20 | Tackles | 19 |
0.5 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
9 | Interceptions | 7 |
26 | Effective Clearances | 13 |
26 | Clearances | 13 |
Game Information
Venue: TQL Stadium
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Attendance: 22,183
MLS Table
# | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Atlanta United FC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | CF Montréal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Charlotte FC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Chicago Fire FC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Line-Ups
FC Cincinnati (3-4-1-2)
No. | Name |
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1 | Alec Kann (GK) |
20 | Geoff Cameron |
24 | Tyler Blackett ![]() |
4 | Nick Hagglund |
93 | Júnior Moreno |
7 | Yuya Kubo |
10 | Luciano Acosta |
28 | Raymon Gaddis |
2 | Alvas Powell |
14 | Dominique Badji |
19 | Brandon Vázquez |
D.C. United (3-4-2-1)
No. | Name |
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28 | Bill Hamid (GK) |
4 | Brendan Hines-Ike |
15 | Steve Birnbaum |
14 | Andy Najar |
27 | Moses Nyeman ![]() |
12 | Drew Skundrich |
5 | Brad Smith ![]() |
31 | Julian Gressel |
7 | Michael Estrada |
22 | Griffin Yow |
10 | Edison Flores |
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